Self-driving cars, trucks, sidewalk robots, and shuttles are rolling out of the labs and parking garages and onto American streets to help deliver groceries, meals, and medical supplies. Although self-driving car companies have paused on-road testing in the U.S., as it is not considered an essential business, pivoting to deliveries allows them back on the […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected arguments by President Donald Trump’s administration seeking to limit the reach of a landmark water pollution law in a Hawaii dispute over wastewater indirectly discharged into the Pacific Ocean – a ruling hailed by environmentalists. The case involves whether Hawaii’s Maui County can be sued by environmentalists for […]
Women have lost the lion’s share of U.S. jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, researchers said on Thursday, as family responsibilities and the industries they dominate make them especially vulnerable. Two out of every three new jobless claims in the 17 U.S. states studied were from women, said The Fuller Project, a U.S.-based nonprofit journalism organization. […]
The world’s largest social media network, Facebook has removed “pseudoscience” as an option for advertisers who want to target audiences, in efforts to keep misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic at bay. Misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic has also spread on rival social media platforms like Twitter and YouTube. Facebook has announced several initiatives to combat […]
Intercontinental Exchange announced on Wednesday that it has launched an index for the purpose of tracking the global price of carbon emissions. One way many governments encourage countries to meet pledges made under the 2015 Paris climate agreement is through charging polluters for each ton of the greenhouse gas they emit. “This is a first […]
